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Trump campaign uses fallen soldiers’ remains as merch-adjacent content after families asked for privacy

Jason Weisberger
Mar 19, 2026
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Mugshots of Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump

At the request of families, a recent dignified transfer ceremony for fallen U.S. service members at Dover Air Force Base was closed to cameras, a long-standing policy meant to respect grieving relatives.

So naturally, the White House released photos anyway, and then the Trump campaign repurposed those images fo…

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